ASUS K550 «The Valley of Ribbons»



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Today we examine an ASUS K550, which after inspection, requires additional repair. However, I thought I'd still release the video so we could examine the design of the machine together. This broken piece doesn't reflect negatively against the machine as a whole, but sadly did stop it from booting up for the purposes of this video. At the right price, these CPUs have life left to give, if the rest of the laptop has actually survived. Parts are not as common as other computers of this age.
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Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
1:17 Specs
2:49 Ports and Features
3:29 Disassembly
7:42 Power Problems
8:07 Ribbon Cable Hell
9:12 Conclusions